Eugen Fink – författare

Eugen Fink is considered one of the clearest interpreters of phenomenology and was the preferred conversational partner of Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger. In Play as Symbol of the World, Fink offers an original phenomenology of play as he attempts to understand the world through the experience of play. He affirms the philosophical significance of play, why it is more than idle amusement, and reflects on the movement from "child's play" to "cosmic play." Well-known for its nontechnical, literary style, this skillful translation by Ian Alexander Moore and Christopher Turner invites engagement with Fink's philosophy of play and related writings on sports, festivals, and ancient cult practices.

"Ronald Bruzina's superb translation . . . makes available in English a text of singular historical and systematic importance for phenomenology." —Husserl Studies". . . a pivotal document in the development of phenomenology . . . essential reading for students of phenomenology twentieth-century thought." —Word Trade" . . . an invaluable addition to the corpus of Husserl scholarship. More than simply a scholarly treatise, however, it is the result of Fink's collaboration with Husserl during the last ten years of Husserl's life. . . . This truly essential work in phenomenology should find a prominent place alongside Husserl's own works. For readers interested in phenomenology—and in Husserl in particular—it cannot be recommended highly enough." —Choice" . . . a thorough critique of Husserl's transcendental phenomenology . . . raises many new questions. . . . a classic." —J. N. MohantyA foundational text in Husserlian phenomenology, written in 1932 and now available in English for the first time.

In Germany, 1969, Eugen Fink's Fashion: Seductive Play was published. This first English language edition, updated with an introduction by Stefano Marino and Giovanni Matteucci, makes available Fink’s philosophical investigation into fashion to an English-speaking audience. One of the greatest figures in the “phenomenological movement,” Fink here investigates fashion at various philosophical levels - aesthetic, ethical, social - and in relationship to other forms of human culture, especially contemporary culture.Although there have been many transformations and changes in the world of fashion since the late 1960s, from prêt-à-porter to fast fashion, fashion’s connection to both high culture and popular culture, and the new relationship between fashion and the advent of social media, Fink’s insights allow wide-ranging and far-reaching inquiries into fashion's philosophical essence. Fink's extraordinary lucidity and his unique conceptual capacities have made his work crucial to the study of the philosophy of fashion today. His work, like that of Simmel’s, Veblen’s or Benjamin’s, is as essential and important now as when it was first published.

In Germany, 1969, Eugen Fink's Fashion: Seductive Play was published. This first English language edition, updated with an introduction by Stefano Marino and Giovanni Matteucci, makes available Fink’s philosophical investigation into fashion to an English-speaking audience. One of the greatest figures in the “phenomenological movement,” Fink here investigates fashion at various philosophical levels - aesthetic, ethical, social - and in relationship to other forms of human culture, especially contemporary culture.Although there have been many transformations and changes in the world of fashion since the late 1960s, from prêt-à-porter to fast fashion, fashion’s connection to both high culture and popular culture, and the new relationship between fashion and the advent of social media, Fink’s insights allow wide-ranging and far-reaching inquiries into fashion's philosophical essence. Fink's extraordinary lucidity and his unique conceptual capacities have made his work crucial to the study of the philosophy of fashion today. His work, like that of Simmel’s, Veblen’s or Benjamin’s, is as essential and important now as when it was first published.

In Germany, 1969, Eugen Fink''s Fashion: Seductive Play was published. This first English language edition, updated with an introduction by Stefano Marino and Giovanni Matteucci, makes available Fink''s philosophical investigation into fashion to an English-speaking audience. One of the greatest figures in the “phenomenological movement,” Fink here investigates fashion at various philosophical levels - aesthetic, ethical, social - and in relationship to other forms of human culture, especially contemporary culture.Although there have been many transformations and changes in the world of fashion since the late 1960s, from prêt-à-porter to fast fashion, fashion''s connection to both high culture and popular culture, and the new relationship between fashion and the advent of social media, Fink''s insights allow wide-ranging and far-reaching inquiries into fashion''s philosophical essence. Fink''s extraordinary lucidity and his unique conceptual capacities have made his work crucial to the study of the philosophy of fashion today. His work, like that of Simmel''s, Veblen''s or Benjamin''s, is as essential and important now as when it was first published.

In Germany, 1969, Eugen Fink''s Fashion: Seductive Play was published. This first English language edition, updated with an introduction by Stefano Marino and Giovanni Matteucci, makes available Fink''s philosophical investigation into fashion to an English-speaking audience. One of the greatest figures in the “phenomenological movement,” Fink here investigates fashion at various philosophical levels - aesthetic, ethical, social - and in relationship to other forms of human culture, especially contemporary culture.Although there have been many transformations and changes in the world of fashion since the late 1960s, from prêt-à-porter to fast fashion, fashion''s connection to both high culture and popular culture, and the new relationship between fashion and the advent of social media, Fink''s insights allow wide-ranging and far-reaching inquiries into fashion''s philosophical essence. Fink''s extraordinary lucidity and his unique conceptual capacities have made his work crucial to the study of the philosophy of fashion today. His work, like that of Simmel''s, Veblen''s or Benjamin''s, is as essential and important now as when it was first published.

Ya sea por la distancia de tiempo o los problemas filológicos que esto acarrea, penetrar en la filosofía griega es algo que no se da por terminado y que se mantiene sujeta a nuevas interpretaciones. En el último seminario que impartió el autor de "Ser y tiempo", Martin Heidegger, junto con su discípulo Eugen Fink, se propusieron realizar un ejercicio reflexivo sobre el pensamiento de Heráclito a través de un reordenamiento de los fragmento del de Éfeso. De esta forma adquiere sentido la prolija reinterpretación de ciertos pasajes del filósofo griego que se circunscriben en un proyecto filosófico heideggeriano más amplio: la pregunta por el sentido del ser y el estudio de los orígenes de la metafísica.

La presente obra ha sido elaborada a partir de las lecciones de Eugen Fink sobre la Fenomenología del espíritu de Hegel, con las que el autor intentó responder a la exigencia planteada por Edmund Husserl de ir "a las cosas mismas" y filosofar desde ellas a la hora de interpretar un texto de la historia de la filosofía. Fink, destacado representante de la filosofía alemana de la segunda mitad del siglo XX, no se limita a aplicar el instrumental desarrollado por la fenomenología, sino que deja claro que el método y la cosa no han de separarse. Impartidas por primera vez en 1948, estas lecciones, pues, no solo explican los pensamientos de Hegel, y con ello los hacen más comprensibles, sino que son filosofía en sentido genuino."Las investigaciones que siguen vienen marcadas no sólo por la pretensión de entender un texto, sino, más bien, de avanzar hacia la "cosa misma" (die Sache selbst) que pueda estar en la mirada pensante de Hegel. Se trata para nosotros, para cada uno de nosotros, de la cosa misma y sólo de ella, en la medida en que aspiramos a hacer comprensible nuestra existencia (Dasein)."

Friedrich Nietzsche es una de las grandes figuras filosóficas que han marcado el curso intelectual de Occidente. La radicalidad sin concesiones y el atrevimiento sin remilgos de su pensamiento se expresan con una elocuencia a la vez poética y mordaz, que ejercen, ya solo estilísticamente, una fascinación irresistible.Sin embargo, esa misma riqueza desbordante y cautivadora de pensamiento y palabra, a menudo dispersa en aforismos aparentemente inconexos, ha sido causa de malinterpretaciones en un público que no siempre estaba maduro para su recepción.Para ayudar a una mejor comprensión, el prestigioso filósofo alemán Eugen Fink -alumno de Husserl y Heidegger- escribió este estructurado libro que nos guía a lo largo de las fases del pensamiento nietzscheano, con sus auges y sus ocasos, hacia el descubrimiento de su núcleo. En un recorrido cronológico por las obras nietzscheanas, Fink reconstruye sus ilaciones profundas, y así nos invita a repensar las claves del pensamiento de Nietzsche y a entablar un diálogo directo con él.